blue-nosedadj.

Brit.

/ˌbluːˈnəʊzd/, U.S.

/ˈbluˌnoʊzd/

Forms: see blue adj. and n. and nosed adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., nosed adj.

Etymology: < blue adj. + nosed adj. With sense 2 compare bluenose n. 3 and see discussion at that entry. With sense 3 perhaps compare earlier blue law n.

1. That has a blue nose, esp. as a result of being very cold. Hence: (of a place) very cold. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > affected with or having sensation of cold

ofcaleOE

acalec1300

for-coldc1320

cold1570

chill1609

chilly1611

blue-nosed1662

bone-chilled1920

1662 in H. Marten Familiar Lett. sig. A3 The then call'd Blew-nos'd Romanist your Father.

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. ix. 284 Whether he [sc. Saturn] be such a Plumbeous Blew-nosed Planet as Antiquity marks him.

1765 C. Johnstone Chrysal III. xiii. 77 You were a blue-nosed journey-man Barber.

1783 ‘P. Pindar’ More Lyric Odes to Royal Academicians ii. 9 When Queens of suds their linen scrub, [the pictures] Make for the blue-nos'd nymphs delightful wrappers.

1845 C. Dickens Chimes i. 6 A breezy, goose-skinned, blue-nosed,..tooth-chattering place it was, to wait in.

1851 Househ. Words 15 Feb. 484/2 Her decks crowded with coarsely-clad blue-nosed passengers.

1958 ‘W. Henry’ Seven Men at Mimbres Springs xiii. 155 Apache women..wouldn't stand no chance in a beauty contest with a blue-nosed baboon.

2010 Daily Mail (Nexis) 21 Jan. The blue-nosed guests demanded their coats back and we ate lunch through chattering teeth.

2. figurative (originally and chiefly U.S.). That is a Presbyterian bluenose (see bluenose n. 3a). Hence, in extended use: priggish, puritanical; prudish (bluenose n. 3b).

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Presbyterianism > [adjective]

consistorial1561

disciplinarian1591

presbyterial1591

consistorian1593

Presbyterian1607

Scotized1622

Scotican1647

presbyteral1651

Scotic1656

Whig1661

blue-nosed1844

Knoxian1905

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affectedly proper

moy1487

strait-laced1554

mima1586

prim1702

prick-eared1707

prudish1717

priggish1731

primsy1786

trig1793

missish1795

missy1805

pershittie1808

missyish1818

missy-like1831

primmy1857

pruney and prismatic (or prismy)1857

antiseptic1891

blue-nosed1893

prissy1894

Nice Nelly1922

prissified1923

prunes and prismy1931

1844 North Amer. & Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia) 17 Sept. 2/2 Four-fifths of the church members..have been..the ardent supporters of Mr. Clay... He and they have been repeatedly denounced as blue nosed Presbyterians, Methodistical Maw-worms, [etc.].

1893 C. G. Leland Memoirs I. iii. 239 Refused by..the publisher on account of its freedom from strait-laced, blue-nosed, Puritanical conventionalism.

1937 J. P. Marquand Late George Apley (1940) ii. 17 My life has been governed by the rigours of blue-nosed bigots who have been in their graves for a century.

1959 P. H. Johnson Humbler Creation xxxv. 235 Let's not be blue-nosed, but..he's doing it under the rose.

1992 L. Whisnant Watching TV with Red Chinese (1994) iii. iii. 180 How it got past our bluenosed U.S. Postmaster I have no idea.

3. U.S. Designating a native or inhabitant of New England. Chiefly in blue-nosed Yankee.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > parts of

New Englander1637

bayman1641

New English1647

Novangle1650

Novanglian1752

Yankee1765

cracker1766

Yank?1778

bushwhacker1809

tuckahoe1816

southerner1817

Yengees1819

muskrat1823

blue belly1827

half horse and half alligator1828

Southron1828

northerner1831

westerner1835

Northman1836

Easterner1838

Far-Wester1843

southwesterner1845

western1846

sand-hiller1848

Vineyarder1851

mountain boomer1859

Far Westerner1862

blue-nosed Yankee1866

Appalachian1888

sloper1892

Ozarkian1893

rebel1895

reb1897

Middle Westerner1899

hillbilly1900

Midwesterner1916

Ozarker1920

Geechee1926

Middle American1944

upstater1944

Mid-American1959

1866 C. H. Smith Bill Arp, so Called 87 The blue-nosed Yankees were to pollute our sacred soil the next morning.

1893 R. G. Hampton Major in Washington City 6 Some of Sherman's blue-nosed Hessian cavalry came through our country in 1865 and ripped up my place.

1948 Range Riders Western July 10/2 You danged blue-nosed Yankee!

1995 W. W. Johnstone Talons of Eagles (1996) xxi. 169 One Colonel Aaron Layfield, a blue-nosed Yankee who hated all Southerners.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	blue-nosed
释义	blue-nosedadj. Brit. /ˌbluːˈnəʊzd/, U.S. /ˈbluˌnoʊzd/ Forms: see blue adj. and n. and nosed adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., nosed adj. Etymology: < blue adj. + nosed adj. With sense 2 compare bluenose n. 3 and see discussion at that entry. With sense 3 perhaps compare earlier blue law n. 1. That has a blue nose, esp. as a result of being very cold. Hence: (of a place) very cold. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > affected with or having sensation of cold ofcaleOE acalec1300 for-coldc1320 cold1570 chill1609 chilly1611 blue-nosed1662 bone-chilled1920 1662 in H. Marten Familiar Lett. sig. A3 The then call'd Blew-nos'd Romanist your Father. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. ix. 284 Whether he [sc. Saturn] be such a Plumbeous Blew-nosed Planet as Antiquity marks him. 1765 C. Johnstone Chrysal III. xiii. 77 You were a blue-nosed journey-man Barber. 1783 ‘P. Pindar’ More Lyric Odes to Royal Academicians ii. 9 When Queens of suds their linen scrub, [the pictures] Make for the blue-nos'd nymphs delightful wrappers. 1845 C. Dickens Chimes i. 6 A breezy, goose-skinned, blue-nosed,..tooth-chattering place it was, to wait in. 1851 Househ. Words 15 Feb. 484/2 Her decks crowded with coarsely-clad blue-nosed passengers. 1958 ‘W. Henry’ Seven Men at Mimbres Springs xiii. 155 Apache women..wouldn't stand no chance in a beauty contest with a blue-nosed baboon. 2010 Daily Mail (Nexis) 21 Jan. The blue-nosed guests demanded their coats back and we ate lunch through chattering teeth. 2. figurative (originally and chiefly U.S.). That is a Presbyterian bluenose (see bluenose n. 3a). Hence, in extended use: priggish, puritanical; prudish (bluenose n. 3b). ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Presbyterianism > [adjective] consistorial1561 disciplinarian1591 presbyterial1591 consistorian1593 Presbyterian1607 Scotized1622 Scotican1647 presbyteral1651 Scotic1656 Whig1661 blue-nosed1844 Knoxian1905 the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affectedly proper moy1487 strait-laced1554 mima1586 prim1702 prick-eared1707 prudish1717 priggish1731 primsy1786 trig1793 missish1795 missy1805 pershittie1808 missyish1818 missy-like1831 primmy1857 pruney and prismatic (or prismy)1857 antiseptic1891 blue-nosed1893 prissy1894 Nice Nelly1922 prissified1923 prunes and prismy1931 1844 North Amer. & Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia) 17 Sept. 2/2 Four-fifths of the church members..have been..the ardent supporters of Mr. Clay... He and they have been repeatedly denounced as blue nosed Presbyterians, Methodistical Maw-worms, [etc.]. 1893 C. G. Leland Memoirs I. iii. 239 Refused by..the publisher on account of its freedom from strait-laced, blue-nosed, Puritanical conventionalism. 1937 J. P. Marquand Late George Apley (1940) ii. 17 My life has been governed by the rigours of blue-nosed bigots who have been in their graves for a century. 1959 P. H. Johnson Humbler Creation xxxv. 235 Let's not be blue-nosed, but..he's doing it under the rose. 1992 L. Whisnant Watching TV with Red Chinese (1994) iii. iii. 180 How it got past our bluenosed U.S. Postmaster I have no idea. 3. U.S. Designating a native or inhabitant of New England. Chiefly in blue-nosed Yankee. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > parts of New Englander1637 bayman1641 New English1647 Novangle1650 Novanglian1752 Yankee1765 cracker1766 Yank?1778 bushwhacker1809 tuckahoe1816 southerner1817 Yengees1819 muskrat1823 blue belly1827 half horse and half alligator1828 Southron1828 northerner1831 westerner1835 Northman1836 Easterner1838 Far-Wester1843 southwesterner1845 western1846 sand-hiller1848 Vineyarder1851 mountain boomer1859 Far Westerner1862 blue-nosed Yankee1866 Appalachian1888 sloper1892 Ozarkian1893 rebel1895 reb1897 Middle Westerner1899 hillbilly1900 Midwesterner1916 Ozarker1920 Geechee1926 Middle American1944 upstater1944 Mid-American1959 1866 C. H. Smith Bill Arp, so Called 87 The blue-nosed Yankees were to pollute our sacred soil the next morning. 1893 R. G. Hampton Major in Washington City 6 Some of Sherman's blue-nosed Hessian cavalry came through our country in 1865 and ripped up my place. 1948 Range Riders Western July 10/2 You danged blue-nosed Yankee! 1995 W. W. Johnstone Talons of Eagles (1996) xxi. 169 One Colonel Aaron Layfield, a blue-nosed Yankee who hated all Southerners. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1662
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